Everyone who inherited land from William the conqueror’s beneficiaries should have it stripped and returned to the state.
Key paragraph for me
> The duchies operate as professionally run real estate empires that manage swathes of farmland, hotels, medieval castles, offices, shops and some of London’s prime luxury real estate. They also have substantial investment portfolios, but pay no corporation tax or capital gains tax.
I believe the whole ruling over millions of people as a birth right is fucked up
I have always thought the French had the right idea back in 1789 and got rid of their parasites.
Yeah. And we earn them more money every second of our working lives through taxation too. Why on earth are we paying the richest family in the land?
I learned about the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall from Guy Shrubsole’s book, Who Owns England.
It is sort of bonkers this is still a thing.
Meanwhile 1 in 3 teachers skip meals to make ends meet.
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Everyone who inherited land from William the conqueror’s beneficiaries should have it stripped and returned to the state.
Key paragraph for me
> The duchies operate as professionally run real estate empires that manage swathes of farmland, hotels, medieval castles, offices, shops and some of London’s prime luxury real estate. They also have substantial investment portfolios, but pay no corporation tax or capital gains tax.
I believe the whole ruling over millions of people as a birth right is fucked up
I have always thought the French had the right idea back in 1789 and got rid of their parasites.
Yeah. And we earn them more money every second of our working lives through taxation too. Why on earth are we paying the richest family in the land?
I learned about the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall from Guy Shrubsole’s book, Who Owns England.
It is sort of bonkers this is still a thing.
Meanwhile 1 in 3 teachers skip meals to make ends meet.